29-11-2017, 03:07 PM
What ho chaps.
I have now bolted down my Rod Yates body to the chassis to begin checking the fit of all the other panels then engine and gearbox fit etc.
Once this has all been check fitted, it will all be dismantled and the chassis blasted then painted, then the chassis fully refurbished throughout.
I am initially fitting and running the Reliant set up whilst I rebuild the original A7 engine/gearbox at leisure.
I have 2 Reliant engine/gearbox combinations plus a bare block and head, so with the latter it is easy to move components about on the chassis. The sump will have to be cut and modified to fit forward in the chassis and I intend using the chassis bolt holes for the original engine, for the Reliant, so will fabricate suitable mountings etc.
Have any others done similar please? I know that some have, indeed I spoke with a chap at the Beaulieu 750MC meeting, but failed to get his name and number.
I would appreciate photos of such an installation, particularly where the sump has been modified thus allowing the engine to sit forward. It is also a question of getting the height correct being that the engine from sump bottom to top of SU carb is taller than the original.
So, lots of play time ahead! I shall re-install the original engine/gearbox, carefully noting position of everything relative to the new body etc, then do similar with the bare Reliant block with plate and gearbox on the back. I expect to have to have a new propshaft made up, but then I deal with Bailey Morris for shafts for my three wheelers anyway.
Many thanks in advance, this is a magnificent forum and my first real foray into vintage stuff.
regards
Arthur
I have now bolted down my Rod Yates body to the chassis to begin checking the fit of all the other panels then engine and gearbox fit etc.
Once this has all been check fitted, it will all be dismantled and the chassis blasted then painted, then the chassis fully refurbished throughout.
I am initially fitting and running the Reliant set up whilst I rebuild the original A7 engine/gearbox at leisure.
I have 2 Reliant engine/gearbox combinations plus a bare block and head, so with the latter it is easy to move components about on the chassis. The sump will have to be cut and modified to fit forward in the chassis and I intend using the chassis bolt holes for the original engine, for the Reliant, so will fabricate suitable mountings etc.
Have any others done similar please? I know that some have, indeed I spoke with a chap at the Beaulieu 750MC meeting, but failed to get his name and number.
I would appreciate photos of such an installation, particularly where the sump has been modified thus allowing the engine to sit forward. It is also a question of getting the height correct being that the engine from sump bottom to top of SU carb is taller than the original.
So, lots of play time ahead! I shall re-install the original engine/gearbox, carefully noting position of everything relative to the new body etc, then do similar with the bare Reliant block with plate and gearbox on the back. I expect to have to have a new propshaft made up, but then I deal with Bailey Morris for shafts for my three wheelers anyway.
Many thanks in advance, this is a magnificent forum and my first real foray into vintage stuff.
regards
Arthur